Articles & Op-Eds
I write about the profession, not about myself.
These pieces ran in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Virginia Lawyer Magazine, Virginia Lawyers Weekly, the Fairfax Times, and other Virginia and local papers — mostly on things most lawyers will not put their name to.
Every link goes to the original publication.
Op-eds and essays.
Why Virginia’s Carrico course needs a new name
Virginia’s mandatory professionalism course is named for the Justice who authored Loving v. Commonwealth, upholding the ban on interracial marriage. A name teaches. Let it teach something we can all stand by.
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Shaming of a lawyer in courtroom reveals urgent need for compassion in the profession
The story of a colleague I call “Charles,” and the case for a trauma-informed approach in our courtrooms. This became the publication’s most-read article of the year and was republished by the Fairfax Times and other outlets.
Virginia Lawyers Weekly
There must be no commending wayward judges
The longstanding abuse of power by three judges, tolerated by the chief judge at the time. After this op-ed and the work that followed at the General Assembly, all three judges were removed from office.
Virginia Lawyers Weekly
It’s time to get wayward judges off courtroom benches
An abuse of power tolerated in the justice system for far too long, and the case for ending it.
Virginia Lawyers Weekly
A portrait of injustice: why a judge’s misdeeds shouldn’t be memorialized
On why disgraced judges should not be commended, honored, or hung on a wall.
Virginia Lawyers Weekly
When Advocacy Met Empathy in Courtroom 1
The story of “Farishta,” a young mother of five facing four charges over $29.31 and the threat of deportation away from her children. Her file said petit larceny; her story said something else. When the prosecutor heard it, all four charges were dropped. A tribute to public defenders, and to prosecutors willing to listen.
Virginia Lawyer Magazine · Virginia State Bar
The toll of lawyering on lawyers deserves attention
What the profession costs the people inside it, and why that conversation is overdue.
Fairfax Times
When wayward judges overstep their boundaries, we all lose
Written from courtroom 10-A in the Arlington County Courthouse, about a judge who balked at a dismissal despite all the evidence, and what that says about unchecked judicial power.
Fairfax Independent News
When rogue judges overstep boundaries
Reflections by a defense attorney from a troubling day in Arlington’s courtroom 10A.
Patch · Arlington, VA
Compassion in the courtroom: a judge’s contrasting approaches
A second look at what compassion, and its absence, does to the people standing in front of the bench.
Patch · Arlington, VA
Wayward judges, in the Fairfax Times.
A four-part series making the case for removing judges who abuse the power of the bench, and for a process that lets the public see it happen.
It’s time to get wayward judges off courtroom benches
There must be no commending wayward judges
Harnessing support to de-certify wayward judges
Decertifying disgraced judges to protect the public
Where she has been asked.
Interviews and coverage in which Andi was asked to comment, rather than pieces she wrote.
Women in the World: a quest for justice
How Andi changed Virginia law after her own experience of online defamation. Written by Asra Q. Nomani, originally published in the New York Times’ Women in the World.
The New York Times
Top Lawyers: on the five things you need to become a top lawyer
A long-form interview by Eric Pines on how the work actually gets done.
Authority Magazine
After Virginia judges’ misconduct became public, lawmakers reinstated secrecy
Interviewed on the legislature’s decision to close the process back up.
Virginia Mercury
As lawmakers appoint Virginia judges, old questions surround the process
Interviewed on how Virginia selects the people who sit on its benches.
VPM News
Portrait of controversy: backlash to honoring a judge
Coverage of the response to the campaign against memorializing a disgraced judge.
Fairfax Times
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